Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent jf Local Residents 60: Volume 53 The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1953 Published Ey ^ A&M Students For 75 Years Price Five Cents use Approves r Boost Bill '• Second Time A.prir-24— Vote final passage of the >rday would have re- ir-f ifths vote. Op- 1 -ently hoping to put 3 measure in the po- ig a bill but nothing 1 tried to suspend the uires that a bill be separate days. The majority. The bill is now pending on final passage and its backers said their next move may be to try to get the House to transfer one of the tax bills from the cautious com mittee on revenue and taxation to one that might move faster on a money-raising measure. The $600 boost backers won their first major victory late in the aft ernoon when they got a 72-62 vote against Rep. H. A. Hull’s amend ment trimming the Senate bill’s raise to $300. Then it turned down an amend ment to change the plan of com puting the economic index under which local districts’ share of state program is figured. Hull of Port Worth withdrew the final committee amendment, one pegging the local district’s share at 20 per cent, the state’s at 80. Opponents have said it would actually increase the dollar amount to be put up locally. That left the bill just as the Sen ate approved it. Crowd of 1,800 Will View Coronation of King Cotton REIGN TONIGHT — King Cotton Harold Scaief looks down on his Queen, Jane Mc- Brierty before preparing final arrange ments in the coronation ceremony tonight. Adjunct Mixes Counseling And Study During Summer By JERRY BENNETT Battalion Managing Editor High school graduates who plan to enter college next fall can start adjusting this summer to college life at the A&M Junction Adjunct. Directed by the Basic Division, the Adjunct is 411 acre summer camp located on the South Llano River near Junction, Texas. Al though it contains all the facilities for outdoor recreation, its main purpose is not directed toward sports. The basic objective of the camp is to help prospective college stu dents develop themselves educa- u Hi^il CLASS—R. R. Lyle of the mathematics department, instructs some of last .unction Adjunct students in one of several outdoor sessions included in the ion’s annual summer camp acadmic program. , 3RIEFS Steps’ Film Here Monday; Posts Camp Assignments FILM Society will A&M Board of Directors will meet dt night “The Thirty- Alfred Hitchcock’s oviesj said Ed Hold- the society. 11 begin at 7:30 in 'f the MSC. * * ION, assistant pro- cultural education, 'v Thursday for the parent-son banquet ty in Fort Bend ewer and Walter agricultural edu- accompanied Jack- ‘LLTB plans to spin- olarship next year .i-H Club member, J y of Nacogdoches, organization. * TIC Council and the at 3:30 p. m. today in an informal session. At 9 a. m. tomorrow, the Board of Directors will meet in the board room to discuss schools budgets, street improvements and water lines to a new well. Bids will be received for the new dairy breed ing center 4 here as well as probable approval of the faculty members of the Athletic Council. * * * AWARDS WILL be presented members of the Singing Cadets at their annual banquet at 7:15 p. m. Saturday in Sbisa Hall banquet room. Next year’s officers also will be named at the fete. Keys will be presented to four semester and two semester members. Eight and six semester members of the Cadets will receive letters. * * * THREE HONORARY member ships in the Saddle and Sirloin Club will be awarded Saturday Building. night at the Cattleman’s Ball. Dancing begins at 8 p. m. in Sbisa Dining Hall. Music will be furnish ed by Jesse James’ cowboy band. Proceeds will be used to sponsor judging trips. Persons receiving the member ships are J. M. Jones of the animal husbandry department, Dr. H. Schmidt of the School of Veteri nary Medicine and John A. Tulia for his work as a Poland China breeder. * * * MRS. TAYLOR WILKINS, wife of Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assist ant commandant, is doing better at the Scott and White Hospital in Temple. She underwent a lung operation last Friday. Mrs. Wil kins is expected to return home sometime next week. * * * CAMP ASSIGNMENTS for Air Force juniors have been posted on the Air Force bulletin board on the second floor of the old Ag. Ext. tionally and per’sonally befoi’e ac tually enrolling in the strenuous and sometimes confusing world which is college life. The Adjunct works toward this goal in four ways which include an educational program to give students an adequate sampling of what college studies are like; indi vidual counseling; physical train ing; and vocational and aptitude tests to help them find the course of study for which they are most suited. Series of Tests When a boy first arrives at the Basic Division camp, he is given the series of aptitude, achievement, and interest tests. Using these tests as a guide, the Adjunct’s staff of A&M instructors and trained counselors is able to help the student prepare for problems college may hold for him. After completing these tests the student may register for courses which total seven hoims for each of the two semesters. Consequent ly he may complete as many as 14 hours before enrolling in col lege during the fall. Courses in clude English, algebra, trigono metry, college orientation, reme dial reading, and physical educa tion. Preparatory courses for college writing, mathematics, and chemis try are also offered for students who need them. These courses carry college credit but do not count toward A&M degree require ments. Attendance at the Adjunct does not obligate a person to enroll at A&M. Help with Studies Counselors and instructors are available at all times to help boys with their studies or personal problems. At night the instructors visit each cabin to help students with their homework. (See ADJUNCT, Page 3) Old Southland Set as Theme More than 1300 persons are expected at 7:30 tonight to watch the 19th annual Cot ton Pageant in DeWare Field House unfold around life in the South with cotton. A southern colonial mansion and a side wheeler river boat will set the stage for music by the Aggieland Orchestra and enter tainment and the presentation of the Royal Court and the coronation of Queen Cotton. Following the Pageant, the Cotton Ball will begin in The Grove with the Aggieland Orchestra furnishing the music. Albert Russell, assistant to the executive i vice president of the National Cotton Council of America, Memphis, Tenn. will crown King Cotton, Harold Scaief of San Benito to start the Pageant. King Cotton Scaief than will crown his ■Queen. She is Jane McBrierty of TSCW and Ennis. Presentation of the Southwest Conference duchesses and their es corts will follow. They are Pat Potts of TSCW, repi’esenting A&M, escorted by Joel Austin of Alice; Marillyn Holt of the University of Arkansas, escorted by W. L. Holmes of Dallas; Wanda Lou Petty of Baylor escorted by R. D. Rabon of Houston. Carolyn Coy of Rice Institute, es corted by Sam H. Harper of Hous ton; Rosanne Dickson of Southern Methodist University, escorted by Ray Graves of Stephenville; Mary Spencer ,of Texas Christiant Uni versity, escorted by Jack Hall of Amarillo; Pat McGinn of the Uni versity of T’exas, escorted by James P llll: Harrison of Houston. Mary Spencer Texas Christian University Wanda Lou Petty Baylor University Former Aggie A mong PO Ws Returned Thomas H. Wadill, 19, formerly of Co. 9 here and of the Class of ’55, was one of the returned prison ers of war released this week. Wadill attended A&M for a semester before resigning and joining the US Marine Corps. The Associated Press reported that his mother, Mi’s. T. E. Wadill of Fort Worth, who was watch ing television, fainted and fell off her chair Wednesday night when the name of her son was announc ed as a returned POW. A moment after she awoke and asked her husband: “Was I dreaming?” “No, you weren’t dreaming,” he answered. “They don’t say where he’s from, but I know where he’s from; it’s our boy.” Wadill was majoring in agricul ture while at A&M. He was report ed missing March 26 when the Communists took Bunker Hill. Corps’ Duchess Joann Kirkpatrick will be the duchess for the Agronomy Society, sponsors of the annual Pageant. She will be escorted by William E. Floyd of Honey Grove. Clarie Williams, Aggie Sweet heart, of TSCW and San Antonio will represent the Corps of Cadets, the Student Senate and the senior class. She will be escorted by Cadet Col. of the Corps Weldon Kiaiger of Austin. TSCW representatives who form the Royal Court and their escorts tonight will be: Barbara Ann Stewai't of Hargill and Ernie M. Enloe of Daisetta; Gloria Bendy of Smithville and Jerry O. Buster of Wayside; Jonetta Lovett of Memphis, Tenn. and Thornton of Temple. Pat McGinn University of Texas Pat Potts A&M Poll Shows 14 of 18 Past Cotton Queens Married, Forgotten By PEGGY MADDOX Battalion Woman’s Editor Being selected Cotton Queen of Leonard the A&M Agronomy Society’s an nual Cotton Pageant and Ball is Mary Winston 'of Mount Pleas- one of the highest honors that can ant and Thomas L. Payne of Stan- be bestowed upon a girl by Ag- ton; Lucinda Bailey of Bartlett gies. However, it seems as though (See COTTON, Page 6) these young ladies are almost for- ■ ♦■gotten after the last dance has ended the big weekend of enter tainment. Trying to trace the whereabouts of the former Cotton Queens show ed the Agronomy Society had kept no records of them. After finding names of the “queens” in past is sues of The Battalion, and for warding them to the TSCW Ex student’s Association, that group was able to supply most of the former queens’ addresses. All but two of the 18 queens at tended TSCW at least one semes ter. The first Cotton Queen in 1932, Miss Justa Peters, and Miss Ruth Gordon, 1939 Queen, were not from TSCW. Miss Peters married the king, Tom M. Drew, an A&M graduate, and they now live in Huntsville. Miss Gordon married Dr. A. G. Rue Pinalle Slates Singers, Dancers A vocalist, dancer and Latin American Trio will perform Satur day at Rue Pinalle, said Betty Bolander, MSC program consult ant. The MSC night club will open at 8:30 p. m. Carmen Hinds, a radio- TV singer from Ft. Worth will sing. Billie Biggs, of SMU, will do some modern jazz dances. She was here at the Intercolleriate Talent Show in March. The Latin American Trio which will supply the music, is composed of Malcolm Stephen, Jerry Lindner and Severan Schaeffer. John O. (Dukey) Childs will act as master of ceremonies. No More Rain Seen Today For College Station A rea Little or no rain is forecast for College Station and vicinity tonight, said the CAA Weather Bureau at Easter- wood Airport. Although thundershowers are possible, the weather is expected to clear up early this afternoon, the bureau added. Rain fell here last night for about three hours during gusts of winds, ranging from 45 to 50 miles per hour, the Weather Bureau added. Only .76 inches of rain fell. The minimum temperature last night was 69 degrees while the maximum was 76. Violent spring weather, heavy rains, and tornado and king-size hail hit other parts of Texas. Fort Worth reported 2.25 inches fo rain, Grand Prairie 2.62, Dallas 1.58, Sonora 3.71. Highways were flooded near San Angelo on the Sonora- Del Rio highway. McGill, a Bryan physician. They have two children, Ruth Gordon McGill, age 6, and John Gordon McGill, age 4. Mrs. McGill listed her occupation as housewife as did seven other former queens in a reply to questionnaires sent to them. The other “queens” are students, models, teachers and civil service employees according to the replies received. Fourteen of the 18 former queens are married. Two of the girls who are not married are Misses Pat Martin, student at TSCW and 1952 Cotton Queen, and Miss Wanda Harris, 1951 Cotton queen, former Aggie Sweetheart and now-enroll ed in UT. Possibly the other two ladies, Miss Mamie Tramonte of Galveston, 1940 Queen and Miss Connie Bindley, 1941 Queen, are married. Their questionnaires were not returned. Seven of the married queens who returned their questionnaires have an average of two children each. The other former Cotton queens, the year of their I’eign and their addi’esses are the following: Miss Phyllis Matlock, 1933, now Mrs. Carlyle Smith, Grand Prairie; Miss Will Anne Staude, 1934, now Mrs. Joe Hardesty, Fort Worth; Miss Elizabeth Poole, 1935, now Mrs. R. L. Rhea Jr., San Antonio; Miss Nolle Bone, 1936, now Mrs. Eugene Carter, Fort Worth; Miss Dorothy Ehlinger, 1937, now Mrs. Edward W. Penshorn, San Anto nio ; Miss Mary Ann WalKer, 1938, now Mrs. Travis Lee, Munday; Miss Ernestine Ashe, 1942, now Mrs. Robert R. Bridges, Austin; Miss Jeanette Hudson, 1946, now Mrs. Roy B. Caviness, living in Germany; Miss Joann Dobbs, 1947, now Mrs. John David Manley III, Dal las; Miss Martha Jean Langston, 1948, now Mrs. David Tips, Dallas; Miss Dorothy Mangum, 1949, now Mrs. Dan Kinsel, Cotulla; Miss Docia Schultz, 1950, now Mrs. Stanley G. Southworth Jr., Nash ville, Tenn. No pageant was pre sented from 1943-45,